-This site provides a variety of resources specific to the subject of physical education. The blogs are contributed by different members, and topics include instructional strategies, classroom management, and apps/technology that can be used in the classroom. As a physical educator, it is important to have a resource that provides information that is beneficial to PE, without having to do extended searches on other sites. Although the blog is not updated as often as I would like, the archive of information is extensive enough that all physical educators should view and contribute to this blog.
-This blog's author, Steven Anderson, provides information specific to educational technology and it's application in the classroom. On the blog you will find tips a guidelines for safe technological use in classes from an author who has written books and provides workshops for teachers looking for professional development. I found this blog to be useful in that not only does it provide different pieces of technology to use, its main focus is providing steps to evaluate any technology in the classroom to determine if it is the best choice for the classroom. The variety of topics covered in this blog gave it a higher evaluation score.
-This site provided by Richard Byrne provides teachers with a large amount of resources. This blog is will presented and is updated often. Topics range from introduction of new technology, to changes that should be made with existing technology to make it more beneficial. On top of the quality blog, Richard also provides resources of professional development, and links to additional sites that support educational technology. For all of the resources offered on this blog, the site is well organized and should bookmarked by all teachers looking to increase the quality of technology in education.
Sean's Resources
http://www.thephysicaleducator.com/blog/
-This site provides a variety of resources specific to the subject of physical education. The blogs are contributed by different members, and topics include instructional strategies, classroom management, and apps/technology that can be used in the classroom. As a physical educator, it is important to have a resource that provides information that is beneficial to PE, without having to do extended searches on other sites. Although the blog is not updated as often as I would like, the archive of information is extensive enough that all physical educators should view and contribute to this blog.
Evaluation Rating: 3.0
http://blog.web20classroom.org/
-This blog's author, Steven Anderson, provides information specific to educational technology and it's application in the classroom. On the blog you will find tips a guidelines for safe technological use in classes from an author who has written books and provides workshops for teachers looking for professional development. I found this blog to be useful in that not only does it provide different pieces of technology to use, its main focus is providing steps to evaluate any technology in the classroom to determine if it is the best choice for the classroom. The variety of topics covered in this blog gave it a higher evaluation score.
Evaluation Rubric: 3.5
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
-This site provided by Richard Byrne provides teachers with a large amount of resources. This blog is will presented and is updated often. Topics range from introduction of new technology, to changes that should be made with existing technology to make it more beneficial. On top of the quality blog, Richard also provides resources of professional development, and links to additional sites that support educational technology. For all of the resources offered on this blog, the site is well organized and should bookmarked by all teachers looking to increase the quality of technology in education.
Evaluation Rating: 4.0